BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 02:13:00
Getting the smallpox vaccine, how does that work, why is that effective? so the smallpox vaccine provides cross protection against monkeypox, about 85% effective, and so the ring vaccination strategy has been utilised and it's very effective. if there is a silver lining in this monkeypox virus, it's that once you're symptomatic you are able to become infectious and spread the virus, so contract tracing and through this ring vaccination, we are able to put a lid on this epidemic, but really it's early detection, case reporting, contact tracing, public health measures, and trust in the community...